EUMINAfab is launching its 5th call

EUMINAfab: the European Research Infrastructure for multimaterial micro and nanofabrication and characterization opens the 5th call for no fee access to 37 installationscontaining equipment to high end micro and nano technologies.

Researchers from both research and industry based in EU member or associated states mayapply for access to one or more of the 37 installations based at our partner sites acrossEurope. Proposals are subject to Peer review; and are intended for publication by theusers. EUMINAfab is funded by European Commission FP7 Capacities programme whichcovers the cost of the transnational user access.

Started in March 2009, EUMINAfab has been demonstrated 17 successfully projects byFebruary 2011. 13% still need to be evaluated at this point of time. With a successfulevaluation rate of about 70% of the proposed applications, the acceptance for user projectis very high. The last EUMINAfab call was followed by 14 proposals.

EUMINAfab offers to users a comprehensive technology profile that is unique even on aglobal scale.

It captures technologies of Micronano Patterning, Thin Film Deposition, Replication andCharacterisation. While the Micronano Patterning technologies seem to be the mostattractive ones so far, there are still open resources in the other technologies, especially inThin Film Deposition.

We were pleased to see that the new installation Nano Imprint Lithography, launched atTEKNIKER, could be successfully integrated in the variety of technologies that were askedfor by our users.

Please see our Portal www.euminafab.eu for details of the offered technologies anddownload a copy of our user guidelines. Also for questions concerning the application youwill find broad information on the website.

For further information on EUMINAfab please contact:susan.anson@kit.edu or User office Thomas.schaller@kit.edu

As there is excellent and close cooperation with the European Technology Platform“MINAM” we would kindly ask you to take part at the MINAM 2011 Survey.For all users and manufacturers of micro nano technology a unique opportunity to expresstheir interest in this still challenging and growing key technology can be provided. Yourfeedback will build the cornerstone for MINAM contribution to prepare the “Horizon 2020”framework  http://minam.eu/survey2011

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